Pick-up cart.



P. G. JORGENSON.

PIOK-UPCABT. APPLICATION FILED JUNE 1, 1908;

910,205. Patented Jan. 19,1909.

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910,205. Patented Jan. 19, 1909.

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PETER G. JORGENSON, OF LEDYARD, IOWA.

PICK-UP CART.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 19, 1909.

Application filed June 1, 1908. Serial No. 435,971.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, PETER C. J ORGENSON, a citizen of the United States,and a resident of Ledyard, in the county of Kossuth and State of Iowa,have invented a new and Improved Pick-Up Cart, of which the following isa full, clear, and exact description.

My invention relates to pickup carts which are adapted to pick up boxescontaining materials and reels on which coils of rope or wire may bewound; the cart having standards to which outwardly disposed axles aresecured, a frame which is adapted to keep the standards in properposition, a cross-bar, a handle and legs, all of which are secured tothe standards, the legs being disposed parallel therewith at their lowerterminals. Inward projections in the standards which are disposed abovethe axles and which are adapted to engage upwardly extending hooks whichare secured to a box, a

spring hook which is also secured to the box being adapted to engage thecross-bar; the reel having a rod passing therethrough, the rod beingalso adapted to pass through openings in the standards and to be securedto the reels so that the crank which is secured to the rod may be usedto rotate the reel.

In this specification I will describe the preferred form of myinvention, but I do not limit myself thereto, as I consider myselfentitled to all forms and embodiments of the invention which may be heldto fall within the scope of the appended claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part ofthis specification, in which similar characters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in all the figures, in which Figure 1 is aperspective view of the in vention; Fig.2 is a side elevation of theinvention showing the cart about to pick up a box; Fig. 3 is a sideelevation of the invention showing the cart about to deposit a reel ofbarb wire, the reel being on the ground; Fig. 4 is an enlarged sectionalview on the line 4-4: of Fig. 2; and Fig. 5 is a sectional view of oneof the standards, on the line 55 of Fig. 2.

By referring to the drawings, it will be seen that I provide standards1, to which outwardly extending axles 4 are secured, on which the wheels2 are mounted. These axles may be secured to projecting members 3. whichmay in turn be secured to the standards 1, but it will be understoodthat I do not limit myself to this form of construction. A cross-bar 5is secured to the standards 1 by means of rods 6, this cross-bar 5serving to keep the standards 1 at a proper distance from each other andalso to afford means which will support one end of a box 7 as will behereinafter described. Legs 8 which are disposed parallel with thestandards 1 are continued inwardly until they are secured to the saidstandards, the legs 8 also being secured to a handle 9 and to thecrossbar 5, the handle being secured to the standards 1. A reel 10 issupported between the standards 1, by means of a rod 11, to one end ofwhich there is secured a crank 12, the rod 11 passing through thestandard 1 and also through the reel. The reel has collars 13 in whichthere are screws let, which may be brought into engagement with the rod11 so that the reel 10 will rotate therewitlr. Collars 15 are alsodisposed on the rod 11 on the outside of the standards 1, so that therod 11 will be more firmly held in place, these rods being held inposition by means of screws similar to those specified in connectionwith the collars 13.

On the inner faces of the standards 1 are disposed project-ions 16,above the axles at, the projections having heads at their outerterminals. The box 7 has upwardly extending hooks 17 and a spring catch18, the hooks 17 at either side of the box being adapted to engage withthe projections 16, and the spring catch 18, near one terminal of thebox being adapted to engage the cross-bar 5.

In using my invention, the cart is wheeled to posit-ion over the box 7,when the handle is lifted so that the projections 16 will be disposed alittle below the terminals of the hooks 17, when the handle is pusheddownwardly causing the projections to move up wardly and thereby engagethe hooks 17. This will tend to lift one end of the box slightly fromthe ground, the hooks 17 being disposed further away from the end towhich the spring catch 18 is secured than from the other end of the box,and when the handle is pushed downwardly again, as stated, the cross-bar5 will come in contact with the spring catch 18 and will engagetherewith, so that the handle is moved again upwardly for a slightdistance, the box will be found to be supported in the cart so that itmay be transported. When the box, which may or I may not be loaded, isto be deposited on the ground, the handle is pushed downwardly so thatthe end of the box to which the spring catch is secured, is on theground, when the catch may be released from the cross-bar, after whichthe handle may be lifted upwardly which when the cart is rolled ,willfree the projections from the hooks 17. When the box has been depositedthe handle niay be moved again so that the reel 10 will rest on theground, when by unscrewing the screws lt, the rod 11 may be withdrawn,which will permit the reel to rest where placed. In a similar way a reelmay be picked up by rolling the cart so that the upper terminals of thestandards 1 will be near the ground so that the orifices therein will bein alinement with the orifices in the reel, which will permit the rod 11to be slipped in position when the set-screw 14E may be screwed down tohold the reel in place.

The cart is designed to be used, among other purposes, for building andrepairing barb wire fences, and it will be seen that reels of wire maybe carried to desired positions, and at the same time the necessarytools and implements may be conveyed in the box, and that, with the samewheels and standards, many similar reels and boxes may be conveyed todesired places where the wire and the implements will be of service.However, it will be understood that the cart may also be used to carrymaterials of all kinds in the boxes, and that rope and other materialmay be wound on the reel, as may be desired,

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent:

1. A. pick-up cart consisting of standards, axles secured thereto,wheels mounted on the axles, projections extending from the standards,means to hold the standards in their relative positions, a box, upwardlyprojecting hooks which are secured to the box, the hooks being adaptedto engage the projections, a hook which is secured to the box and whichis adapted to engage the cross-bar, a reel which is adapted to bemounted to re volve with reference to the standards, and a rod which isadapted to be j ournaled in the 1 standards and to support the reel.

2. A pick-up cart consisting of standards, axles secured thereto, wheelsmounted on the axles, projections extending from the standards, a box,upwardly extending hooks secured to the box, the hooks being adapted toengage the projections, means to hold one end of the box steady withreference to the standards, a handle secured to the standards, a reelwhich is adapted to be mounted to revolve with reference to thestandards, and a rod which is adapted to be j ournaled to the standardsand to support the reel.

8. A pick-up cart consisting of standards, axles secured thereto, wheelsmounted on the axles, projections extending from the standards, means tokeep the standards in their relative positions, a box, upwardlyextending hooks which are secured to the box and which are adapted toengage the proj ections, a hook which is also secured to the box andwhich is adapted to engage the cross bar, a reel which is adapted to bemounted to revolve with reference to the standards, a rod which isadapted to be journaled in the standards and to support the reel, meansto secure the reel to the rod so that it will rotate therewith, and acrank on the rod.

4. A pick-up cart consisting of standards, axles secured thereto, wheelsmounted on the axles, projections extending from the standards, a box,upwardly extending hooks secured to the box, the hooks being adapted toengage the projections, means to hold one end of the box steady withreference to the standards, a handle secured to the standards, a reelwhich is adapted to be mounted to revolve with reference to thestandards, a rod which is adapted to be journaled in the standards andto support the reel, means to secure the reel to the rod so that it willrotate therewith, and a crank on the rod.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

PETER C. JORGENSON.

Witnesses:

JUDsoN LOUGHLIN, O. L. GRAVES.

